Timeframe

Content

Concept

Skills

Assessment

National Standards

Sept. - Dec

 

Unit 1 – Music for the Fun of it and Unit 2 – The World Around You

Duration

·    Beat/Meter

·   Rhythm

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·     Beat 2/4, 4/4 and 6/8 time

·     Quarter, two eighths,  dotted quarter and half notes

·Classroom observation

·Listening

·Worksheets

·Art

·Music Theory

·Discussion

·Quizzes from Text

·Participation

·   Respond to song lyrics

·   Read pitches

·   Identify sounds of instruments

·   Move to show characteristics of music

·   Sing rounds, partner songs

·   Read rhythms

·   Understands how music relates to math

·   Describe roles of musicians in music settings

·   Understand how art relates to music

·   Move to music

·   Notate music

·   Sing with expression and appropriate dynamics and phrasing

·   Sing with accuracy and breath control

 

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

Learn

·     Do re mi so la

·     Counter melody

·     Pentatonic Scale

Design Texture

 

·   Form

·   Structure

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·     Verse/Refrain

·     ABA, ABC, AABA

Tone Color

 

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·     Vocal/Instrumental Color

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·   Crescendo, decrescendo, fp, pp, ff

·   Steady, Tempo Changes, Rubato

·   Accents

Cultural Context

Music styles

·   Swing, Hungarian, African, Native American, Japanese

Nov – Dec.

Cultural Christmas Concert

 

Develop confidence in performing for an audience

·   Performance

·   Watching performance

 

 

 

 

 

Jan – Feb.

Unit  3 – Tunes, Tales and Traditions

Duration

 

·   Beat/Meter

·   Rhythm

Learn to Identify and Recognize: 

·      6/8, 2/4 time

·      Dotted quarter, 2 eighths and a half note

·   Classroom observation

·   Listening

·   Worksheets

·   Art

·   Music Theory

·   Discussion

·   Quizzes from Text

·   Participation

·   Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics and interpretation

·   Use appropriate terminology phrasing and interpretation

·   Identify sounds of various instruments

·   Read rhythm patterns including quarter, eighth, and dotted quarter notes

·   Read pitch notation in treble clef

·   Sing in a group

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

Identify:

·      La So

·      Instrumental harmony

·      Pentatonic

Design
 

·   Textures

·   Form/Structure

Learn to Identify and Recognize: 

·     Instrumental Ensemble

·     Verse, refrain, phrases

Tone Color

Identify violin

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Learn:

·       f, p, pp, ff, crescendo, decrescendo

·      Rubato

·      Articulation

·   Cultural Context

Music styles

·      Ghanaian, African American

Feb. – Mar.

Cultural

Spring Program

Develop confidence in performing for an audience

·   Performance

·   Watching performance

 

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit  4 – Music On The Go

Duration

·   Beat/Meter

·   Rhythm

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·      2/2 time

·      Four eighth notes

·   Classroom observation

·   Listening

·   Worksheets

·   Art

·   Music Theory

·   Discussion

·   Quizzes from Text

·   Participation

·  Sing in group

·  Sing with accurate pitch and rhythm

·  Use appropriate music terminology

·  Read rhythms in 2/4 and 4/4

·  Sing canons and rounds

·  Read in treble clef

·  Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics, phrasing and interpretation

·  Sing in groups

·  Read rhythms and identify forms

·  Move to music

·  Identify sounds of instruments

 

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

Introduce

·      Do, skips, leaps, steps

·      Ostenato, canon, round

·      Pentatonic

 

Design
 

·   Texture

·   Form/Structure

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·      Percussion ensemble

·      Identical phrases, A B, rondo

Tone Color

Recognize erhu and banjo

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics


·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Recognize

·      Dynamics f, p, pp, ff, crescendo and decrescendo

·      Steady beat

·      Articulation

Cultural Context

·   Styles/background

Learn:

·      Caribbean, Israeli, Norwegian, Chinese

April

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit  5 – Sing a Wish, Dance a Dream

Duration

·   Beat/Meter

 

·   Rhythm

 

Identify:

·      Downbeat - upbeat

·       ¾ time

·      Half note, whole note, rest, two eighths, and four sixteenths

·   Classroom observation

·   Listening

·   Worksheets

·   Art

·   Music Theory

·   Discussion

·   Quizzes from Text

·   Participation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Sing a song from other countries

·        Maintain steady beat

·        Read a song in triple meter

·        Read standard notation

·        Read various rhythms in different meters

·        Sing expressively with appropriate dynamic phrasing and interpretation

·        Read half, quarter, and eighth note and quarter rests in 2/4

·        Sing on pitch

·        Use appropriate terminology in music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch

·   Melody

·   Harmony

·   Tonality

Learn:

·      Notes A, B, G

·      Chordal accompaniment

·      Minor/Major

Design

·   Texture

·   Form

Recognize:

·      Chords

·      Introduction, coda, verse and refrain

Tone Color

·      Identify cello

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

 

·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Learn:

·      P, f, pp, ff, crescendo, and decrescendo

·      Varying tempo

·      Staccato, legato

Cultural

·   Styles

·   Background

Identify:

·      Minuet

May

Unit 6 – Express Yourself

Duration

·   Beat/Meter

·   Rhythm

 

Identify:

·      6/8

·      Quarter note, eighth note and triplet

·   Classroom observation

·   Listening

·   Worksheets

·   Art

·   Music Theory

·   Discussion

Quizzes from Text

·   Participation

·        Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics and interpretation

·        Read rhythm patterns

·        Sing various songs from other cultures

·        Read quarter notes, quarter rests, three eighth notes tied together in 6/8 meter

·        Read simple pitch notation in treble clef in major and minor

·        Recognize and describe changes in tempo

·        Use appropriate terminology in explaining music

·        Move to music

Pitch

 

·   Melody

·   Tonality

Learning to Identify and Recognize:

·      Tonal Center

·      Minor/Major

Design

·   Texture

·   Form/Structure

 

Recognize:

·      Melodic accompaniment

·      ABA, 2-4 part canons and verse refrain

Tone Color

Recognize

·      Tone color voice and instrument

Expressive Qualities

·   Dynamics

·   Tempo

·   Articulation

Learn:

·      P, f, ff, pp

·      Accelerando

·      Legato, staccato, ties, slurs

Cultural Context

·   Styles/background

Learn:

·      Jamaican, Scottish, Mexican, Jewish, Russian, Brazilian